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Done in a slightly distracted fashion as I was in a soft play centre for children with half an eye on a 2-year-old and a 4-year-old. Slick as ever from Virgilius without a widespread theme although Charles Dickens, Ebenezer Scrooge and A Christmas Carol all appear.

Across

1

A CHRISTMAS CAROL – double definition

9

CHARLES – CH + ARLES

10

DYNAMIC – MANY in CID <=

13

TRISTRAM SHANDY – (STIR)* + TRAMS + HANDY

17

LAWRENCE STERNE – (DH) LAWRENCE + homophone for STERN

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RAILWAY – (WARILY)* around A, very elegant

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DICKENS – substitute for devil as in “what the dickens”. This was unaccountably (given I’d already got A CC, Ebenezer and Charles) the last answer I got. I don’t think a childrens soft play centre provides ideal conditions for concentrating on a crossword!

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EBENEZER SCROOGE – (ONCE SOBER GEEZER)*

Down

3

ILL-KEPT – (KILL PET)*

5

ADDRESSEE – ADDRESS + EE

6

CANTATA – CAN + TATA

7

REMAINDER – REMINDER for eg knot tied around A

8

LOCKER – LOCKE + R

14

INANIMATE – I + NAN + I MATE. MATE for “beat in board game” is nice but I’m not sure about NAN for girl, perhaps there’s a better breakdown

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